Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1911 — Page 6

A Cup For a Crown

How a Race Rider Turned Out to Be Something More Than a Jockey

By GULIEMO CRISPI

Before Rome had become the splendid city it is today, when it was still repressed by the disadvantages accruing from a disunited Italy, the people living there were more homogeneous, more social than now. In those days the carnival was a great event. Among the gala performances were races which tefek place on a street, or, rather, at that time a road, leading from the foot of the Capitoline hill to one of the gates (the Popolo) of the city. That race course is now the principal street in Rome and retains its former name —the Corso. During the carnival, when the races were taking place, the elite of Rome lined the Corso on seats erected for the occasion. At one of these celebrations a young girl, Clotilde Cusani, with her parents, sat waiting to witness the races. When

HELD HER HANDS UP FOR THE KING TO DRINK.

the horses came galloping past, one of the riders, possessing a superb figure and sitting his horse like a centaur, caught the eye of this maiden. She was the daughter of a wine grower whose vineyard was on the western slope of the Alban hills. Still very young, she had rarely visited Rome and had seen few young men except those who cultivated the grapes and worked in the wine presses. The warm Italian sun had shone down upon her for eighteen years, ripening her cheeks as well as her father’s grapes. Thus she grew up under soft skies, a thing of beauty. The sight of this handsome, well formed man, his countenance lighted with the enthusiasm excited by the race, was the first awakening in her of an emotion akin to love. She had read the mythology of her ancestors, and it seemed to her that the beautiful god Apollo had come back from an tiquity to show the followers of the new religion that he was not yet extinct. Admiration for him was not confined to her. All were delighted with the rider whom no one present knew. He won the race and rode back slowly over the course amid the acclamations of the spectators, and as he bowed right and left they were reminded of the progress of a general who, some twenty centuries before, having been honored with a triumph passed up the Via Sacra on the other side of the Capitoline hill. There was throwing of confetti upon the crowd passing below, laughing and joking, the amusements being kept up till midnight, when the throng separated and went to their homes to begin the next morning the Lenten fast. A few days later when Clotilde Cusani was walking in her father’s vineyard on the Alban hills several young men came galloping along a road on the other side of the wall that inclosed the farm, and the girl recognized in advance of the others the rider in the races a short time before. Now, Clotilde was a very beautiful girl, so beautiful that the horseman reined in his horse to have a look at her. Then, for an excuse to prolong the meeting, he asked her where he might procure a drink of water. She replied in a musical voice that a pure stream fan in the vineyard that had once poured through the aqueducts that had supplied water to ancient Rome. If he would dismount and come over the wall she would show him where he could get a drink. He dismounted and, one of the party taking charee of his horse, he vaulted the wall. “Shall we remain here, your majesty?” asked one of the attendants. The man addressed frowned. “Be more careful how you address me,” he said. “Yes, remain here.” Clotilde led “his majesty” down a declivity through the vines to l the stream. "But there is. no cud.’’ he said. .. . _ “T can only offer your majesty- the cup that I often use myself.” With Jhat the girl, putting her hands together, formed a cup. took up some of the water in it and held her hands up for the king to drink* He did so

and asked for more. She gave it, and still his thirst was unquenched. He kept calling for more till the girl, seeing tbj&t her white hands, the fingers tipped with vermilion, was attracting him. blushed and clasped them behind her. “Thanks,” said the king. “I am still thirsty, but I will troubles you no more. Is there anything I can do to show •my appreciation for your kindness?” “Yes, your majesty. Tell me why you, a sovereign; rode in the races oq the Corso during the carnival?” “I will tell you, relying on you, to keep my secret I am traveling incognito that I may indulge my tastes. I am desperately fond of horses and would rather ride a race than partake of a banquet. I am not known here, and I shall rely upon you, who are the only person in Italy except a few attendants who know that I am a king. He who addressed me as ‘your majesty’ forgot himself.” The king, who had just come of age, full of life and spirits, fond of athletic sports, annoyed by the routine of a court, had with a couple of intimate associates and a single serving man come to Italy for the carnival and entered for one of the races. In those days therp was not the travel there is today, and he did not incur the same risk of being recognized by one of his subjects. He remained in Rome for some time, and many were his rides across the Campagna to the villa of Senore Cusani. Clotilde kept the king’s secret and her father supposed at first that his guest had taken a fancy to his wine rather than his daughter. But when he discovered the cause of these frequent visits he told Clotilde that she must dismiss the stranger, who gave no satisfactory account of himself, since he (her father) was negotiating a marriage for her with the son of a neighboring wine grower with a view to uniting the two vineyards. After King Otho's departure messages came from time to time for Clotilde. No One but herself knew that she was In correspondence with a sovereign. But when one day an envoy came openly from King Otho, bearing a huge parchment creating Clotilde a countess, the people of Rome and its environs were astonished. The nobility especially were agog, wondering why a little country girl was so honored. But they did not learn that King Otho had visited them and had ridden before them at a breakneck speed down the Corso. Clotilde alone knew that, and she would not tell. But the sensation had not died out before along came another envoy with another parchment bigger than the first creating Clotilde a duchess. Then the people began to open their eyes in earnest. Had they known of King Otho’s visit and that he had met and courted the recipient of these honors they might have surmised that they were preparatory for something important. The last elevation included an estate, and Clotilde removed to it with her parents, who in the meantime had broken off negotiations for her union with a wine grower’s son. There was no scandal connected with the bestowal of these favors, firstly, because of Clotilde’s native purity, and, secondly, because the donor never appeared and was not known to have ever seen her on whom he bestowed them. They came so thick and so fast that the scandal mongers were puzzled. A watch was set upon the countess, but before the watchers had time to learn the secreF of her elevation she had been made a duchess, and before any return could be discovered to have been made for the ducal coronet a deputation of nobles arrived from King Otho proposing to make the duchess his queen. And so the reason for these startling elevations was out, but not their cause. No one knew that in addition to the cup won by a stranger in a race on the Corso he had won a cup formed by the two hands of a young Italian girl, or, rather, that by making a cup with her hands the girl had won a queenly crown. Then it was announced that the royal groom was coming to claim his bride. Both were devout Catholics, and it was arranged that the marriage should take place in St. Peter’s. For weeks before the nuptials workmen were employed decorating the interior, and all Rome was preparing for the ceremony.

When King Otho came to the city he refrained from appearing in public till the celebration of the marriage. The royal procession entered the church at a rear door and few saw the king's face, since he went directly to the altar. But after the ceremony, when he turned and walked with his bride down through the center of the church, many of those who crowded either side looked at one another and exclaimed breathlessly: “The race rider of the carnival!” The bridal couple from the church, followed by tee acclamations of the people, here and there, now and again, a voice rising above the tumult: “The race rider!” “A royal jockey!" “He won a prize!” and other like shouts. As the cavalcade crossed the Tiber the news that the king had visited Rome before, had won a prize IjLthe Corso and his bride on the Alban hills grew like an expended wave circlet till every one knew. But bf all the most wondering were the nobles. Many a matron witli marriageable daughter was wrathful that she had not known that this impressionable young king was in their midst incog. Many a girl among the hereditary princesses that abound in Italy grieved that she had missed a chance to become a queen, - ’ ■ ■ ■ They were all too late, i The king took the vineyard lassie away with him. followed by the lamentations of every marriageable woman in Rome who miglit have hoped to win a crown had she known of the king's presence.

EGYPTIAN DRESS.

Fall Fashions Taken From Mystical Orient.

GOWN BY CALLOT SOEURS OF PARIS.

In many of the smartest styles for fall aud winter there is a decided leaning toward adaptations of Egyptian and East Indian modes. The Cal lot Soeurs of Paris have for a number of years been noted for their Egyptian looking costumes. The gown illustrated is a creation of this famous firm of couturiers, and the colorings are particularly interesting. The foundation of the dress is of a peculiar East Indian red. veiled with a rather bright blue chiffon. The embroidery is done in dull blue and mauve silk and dark blue wooden beads.

For Traveling.

Take a candle in your bag and a box of safety matches. When they are wanted you will be glad they were put in. The space required for them is small. A passenger bn a steamer that was wrecked had a small candle which enabled her to collect some of her most valuable possessions when the lights went out after the collision. Carry a few pens in your bag if you do not use a fountain pen. You will find that it is worth while, as the pens provided at some hotels and other public places are often so bad that it is impossible to use them with any satisfaction. Envelopes used in packing small articles will be found better than boxes, as they take up less room. Stout, collapsible envelopes, which may be bought where office supplies are sold, will be found satisfactory. Gloves, handkerchiefs, neck arrangements, etc., may be kept nicely in such envelopes.

Riding Toggery.

In summer informal riding habifs are worn, but when autumn days arrive these clothes give place to those of a more formal character. For fail

WHAT THE SWAGGER HORSEWOMAN WEARS.

the newest habit is built of a very small black and white checked cloth, with breeches and coat to match. The illustration shows the correct riding habit of this cloth.

Reverting to Type.

From the fresco paintings of women in the Cretan palaces of the period about 2000 B. C. it is learned that the women of that time pinched in their waists, had flounced or accordion plaited wore an elaborate coiffure oq their heads, shoes With high heels and hats which might have come from a Parisian hat shop, while one woman might be described as wearing a Jupe culotte.

Humor and Philosophy

By DVNCAN M. SMITH

THE CONTRAST. RACE and beauty, life and motion, See the automobile run. And the fellow who is steering: Doesn’t have a' thing but fun. Hail and thunder! Fire and brimstone! And some other words the cop Has forbidden, but corne handy, See the automobile'stop! When it’s running it is running. There is no discount on that. When it's standing it is standing, You can bet your Sunday hat. All the coaxing and abusing And the turning little screens Cannot get the filing in action When it feels it must refuse. It may run along all summer, Never hinting at a balk. As the owner keeps on bragging That he doesn't have to walk. All at once and without warning In a road that's deep with sand, Far from home and the repair shop. It concludes that It will stand. When the car is smoothly spinning And the road ahead is straight Then the Joy of auto riding May be spoken of as great, But it's no ideal pleasure. No compeller of a smile, When -the engine taxes a notion It will stand round for awhile. Keeps One Guessing. “Any one can see right through * man." “I should say so. The average man is transparent as a piece of glass.” “But with woman it is different.” “Yes, quite different. Why, in these days of the perfection of art it takes a mighty good man to be able to see even through her complexion.” . Getting .Even. “The way he abused the office boy was a perfect shame. What is the matter with him this morning?” “His wife crossed him before he left home, his daughter told him where he got off. and after coming down the stenographer sat down on him. He had to get back at some one.”

Frank Advice. “What shall I do, doctor?” “Reduce jour income.” “What?” “That is what I advise.” “But what for?” “Then you won’t have so many friends to help you wreck your health.” Mamie’s Idea. “Mamie?” “Yes.” “In your experience w r hat do you find that men like to talk about?” “Themselves.” The Real Chatter. In books the language he had learned, But couldn't get the hang Of talking with the common folks. The books were shy on slang. From One Who Knows. “What constitutes happiness?” “Many things.” • “As for instance ?” “Having money enough to meet your bills.” Rest For Him. “Taken your Vacation yet?” “I am on it now.” “But you seem to be working.’' “Yes, but my wife is away.” Not Necessary. “1 always like to play the fool.” “I shouldn’t think you’d need to play It.” Preferred a Slugging Match. “I challenge you to tight a duel,” exclaimed the haughty Frenchman, whose honor had been stepped on by a careless American who hadn’t noticed where he was walking. “Oh, you do?” , “Yes; here is my card.” “But 1 refuse.” “Then I will brand you as a coward.” “If you do I will punch you In the Jaw.” Not a Matter of Choice. “Did they allow- stopovers on the train you came through on?” “Allowed them? They compelled them.” “How was that?” “We w-ere kicked off at nearly every water station.” Quite Absurd. A man was walking down the street. And he was feeling blue. Now, wasn’t that a foolish thing For any man to do? Capable. “I always shudder at the inevitable.” “I admire it.” “How funny! Why ?” “Because it is always able to take care of itself.”- '~~ r ~—- v A Rr->. “I have a good head on me.” “I notice It is good for one thing?* “What’s that?” “Butting in.” .

It It Kicked Out. “Don't you like Marie's father?” “I don't.” “Why?” “He's too de monstrative.” “How is that?" “He puts his best foot forward too violently,” * H

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